Superintendent plans retirement

Sweetwater County School District No. 2's longtime superintendent will retire June 2020.

Donna Little-Kaumo announced her intent to retire Tuesday night at the district board of trustees meeting. She said she wanted to give the community as much time as possible to find her replacement. Little-Kaumo said she wanted to spend more time with family.

Little-Kaumo has worked in the district for the past 14 years.

She said when she first arrived at the district, schools were recording scores as low as 19 percent proficiency in subjects. Now, the district is one of the most successful in the stat...